Module One: 8 Sessions
The Divided Brain Clinic 1
with Dr Iain McGilchrist
In this session, Dr Iain McGilchrist investigates certainty. Certainty is something many patients seek, and it is something that is often considered desirable. Dr McGilchrist discusses how most things in life cannot be certain and the search for control in order to achieve certainty can be one of the most damaging things that we can espouse. Using etymology Dr McGilchrist highlights the significant differences between precision and accuracy. He further investigates the nature of precision and certainty in therapy and life through the lens of both the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: The Divided Brain Clinic 2
01
Happiness and Fulfilment
In this session, Dr Iain McGilchrist investigates happiness and fulfilment. He examines what it means to be happy and fulfilled through the lens of both the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Dr McGilchrist discusses the implications and limitations of achieving happiness when living a self-oriented, competitive and capitalistic life. He outlines the important...
02
Abstraction and Context
In this session, Dr Iain McGilchrist investigates abstraction and the meaning and need for context. He discusses how we only understand anything within its context and how this is impacted differently by both brain hemispheres. He further explains abstraction and context in terms of language and philosophy.
03
Mechanism
In this session, Dr Iain McGilchrist investigates mechanism and the relationship between parts and the whole. He examines how thinking that the whole must be the same as the sum of the parts can be problematic. Dr McGilchrist illustrates this using a philosophical argument and shares his personal experience working as a psychiatrist to detail...
04
Imagination
In this session, Dr Iain McGilchrist investigates imagination. He discusses how imagination is something that some people tend to distrust. Dr Iain McGilchrist distinguishes the differences between imagination and fantasy, looking at the contribution of the two hemispheres of the brain. Dr McGilchrist examines how both hemispheres interpret imagination and how one hemisphere cannot see...
05
Knowledge
In this session, Dr Iain McGilchrist investigates knowledge. He asks the question ‘how we know anything and whether knowledge is all of one kind?’ Dr McGilchrist explains how in English there is only one verb, ‘to know’ but in most languages there is a distinction made between at least two kinds of knowing. He distinguishes...
06
Certainty « you are here
In this session, Dr Iain McGilchrist investigates certainty. Certainty is something many patients seek, and it is something that is often considered desirable. Dr McGilchrist discusses how most things in life cannot be certain and the search for control in order to achieve certainty can be one of the most damaging things that we can...
07
Suffering
In this session, Dr Iain McGilchrist investigates suffering. He examines why we need to experience a degree of pain and suffering in our life. Dr McGilchrist addresses suffering in his personal life, illustrating its ability to help us become more compassionate and sympathetic, he also highlights how suffering can be enriching and give meaning to...
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